Syngas production by biomass chemical looping gasification with
composite oxygen carrier of Fe/Ce modified phosphogypsum
Abstract
Chemical looping gasification (CLG) is a clean and efficient technology
that uses oxygen carriers (OCs) to convert carbon energy. Industrial
waste phosphogypsum (PG) as raw material for OCs has been proven to be a
feasible strategy. Single PG for the preparation of OCs has certain
limitations; however, two or more types of elements to modified PG has
not been applied in biomass CLG process. In this work, PG was used as
carrier and modified with iron and cerium for syngas production through
CLG. The PG prepared OCs significantly reduce the costs and improve the
utilization rate of solid waste. The reaction conditions of the OCs for
syngas production were investigated in a batch fluidized bed.
Experimental results show that the best syngas performance is achieved
when the PG content is 20 wt.%, Fe/Ce = 2:1, gasification temperature
of 800 °C and steam injection rate = 40 μL/min. Multiple redox manifest
that the additives of Fe2O3 and CeO2 in the prepared PG carriers
increase reaction activity and its stability can be kept at a high
level. Finally, the reaction mechanism of modified PG used in biomass
CLG was analyzed by combining various characterization methods and
density functional theory (DFT) simulations. The possible mechanism
suggests that variations of syngas are affected by the calcium roles and
valence change of iron. This research provides an effective pathway for
the conversion of biomass and the utilization of solid waste PG.